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Famagusta in early February. From the first snap of 

 coldish weather up to at any rate the beginning of March, 

 thousands are to be seen at Acheritou and Kouklia. On 

 November the 17th, 190/, at Kouklia, and on January the 

 15th, 1908, at Acheritou, I must have seen, at a \evy moderate 

 estimate, five thousand in the air together, but except for 

 an occasional chance shot they are usually unapproachable. 

 In the marshy ground near the salt-lakes, and where there is 

 some cover, very fair bags are sometimes made. Horsbrugh 

 at the end of March, 1909, found very few remaining 

 on the reservoirs, only about six pairs. I have frequently 

 bought examples of this species in the markets, and it is 

 well known to all local sportsmen. 



857. tEthyia ffrina (Linn.). 



Fuligula ferina, B. O. U. List, p. 130. 



The Pochard is a tolerably common winter visitor 

 but is, no doubt, not distinguished from the Wigeon 

 by most local sportsmen. It was not mentioned by 

 Guillemard in his 'Ibis' articles, but he brought back a 

 female taken near Famagusta on March 16th, 1888. 

 Mr. Nicolls tells me that he has obtained it ou the 

 reservoirs in winter ; and Horsbrugh, at the end of March 

 1909, found it in fair numbers at Acheritou and Kouklia, 

 noticing about twenty-five couples in all — paired — and 

 obtaining several specimens. I shot an old male at Kouklia 

 on December the 27th, 1909, out of a flock of twelve, and on 

 the 17th of January, 1910, Mr. A.Douglas sent Mr.Baxendale 

 another drake shot at Acheritou on the previous day. 



859. iETHYiA fuligula (Linn.). 



Fuligula cristata, B. O. U. List, p. 129. 



The Tufted Duck is a common winter visitor. Schrader 

 states that it is uncommon. Miiller mentions a young male 

 taken on October the 28th. Guillemard seems only to have 

 once come across the bird, obtaining it in Kouklia marsh 

 in the beginning of March 1888 ; but it is well enough 

 known to, and sometimes shot, by Mr. Nicolls and other 

 sportsmen on the reservoirs. 



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